سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 31
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they say: "Why is not this Qur’ân sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Tâ’if)?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
لَوْلَا
lawlā
Why not
نُزِّلَ
nuzzila
was sent down
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
ٱلْقُرْءَانُ
l-qur'ānu
the Quran
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
to
رَجُلٍۢ
rajulin
a man
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ
l-qaryatayni
the two towns
عَظِيمٍ
ʿaẓīmin
great
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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31. And they (the disbelievers of Makkah) also say, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from one of the two cities?" [30]
[30]
The Objections of the Quraysh Against Your Person:
The first objection of the Quraysh of Makkah was: how can a human being like us be a Messenger? Then, when they were explained with arguments that only a human can be a Messenger for the guidance of humans, and that the Messenger for your guidance must know your language, and that there was no other way, they now raised a third objection: Makkah and Ta’if are two central cities. The chief of Makkah was Walid bin Mughirah, and of Ta’if, ‘Urwah bin Mas‘ud Thaqafi. If a prominent man from these cities had become a Messenger, there might have been something to it. But could it be that Allah found only such a person to make a Messenger—one who was born an orphan, who had neither wealth nor leadership of any tribe or family? In the next verse, two answers are being given to this objection of theirs.
[30]
The Objections of the Quraysh Against Your Person:
The first objection of the Quraysh of Makkah was: how can a human being like us be a Messenger? Then, when they were explained with arguments that only a human can be a Messenger for the guidance of humans, and that the Messenger for your guidance must know your language, and that there was no other way, they now raised a third objection: Makkah and Ta’if are two central cities. The chief of Makkah was Walid bin Mughirah, and of Ta’if, ‘Urwah bin Mas‘ud Thaqafi. If a prominent man from these cities had become a Messenger, there might have been something to it. But could it be that Allah found only such a person to make a Messenger—one who was born an orphan, who had neither wealth nor leadership of any tribe or family? In the next verse, two answers are being given to this objection of theirs.
